This is the list of documents available for the submission Motion by Councillor Soryia Siddique:- "Council notes that: 1. Approximately 45% of the world's polysilicon is made in the Uyghur Region under conditions of forced labour. Seeing as this polysilicoin can be blended at the ingoting and wafering stage, and upwards of 95% of the world's ingots and wafers are made in China, therefore experts indicate that as much as 97% of solar panels could contain materials made by millions of Uyghur forced labourers. 2. That the UK's plans to double its solar capacity by 2030 and expand the council led 'Solar Together' scheme put public bodies at greater risk of long-term complicity in modern slavery practices. 3. That solar power is an important strand of Glasgow's work to tackle the climate emergency, but that without putting in place the appropriate safeguards there is a significant risk of purchasing solar panels from suppliers that are very likely to have forced labour in their supply chain. 4. That solar panels produced in the Uyghur region are also contributing to climate change due to the use of fossil fuels and lax environmental standards across the region. On the path to securing a 'just transition' to renewable energy, decision-makers must consider the environmental and human impacts of clean energy production on frontline communities in the Global South. renewable energy requires solutions which integrate climate and environmental justice. Finding alternative solar suppliers is a humanitarian priority as well as an environmental one. 5. That current UK laws relating to supply chain due diligence, including the Modern Slavery Act of 2015, have proved unable to curtail the infiltration of forced labour made solar panels into the supply chain, let alone start, to turn the tide of exploitation. Council believes: 1. That Glasgow City Council should not purchase solar panels that are made from polysilicon or other materials sourced from the Uyghur region. 2. That, even if complete eradication of tainted solar panels is not achievable in the near term, it is possible to make improvements in procurement and contract management to reduce the association of Glasgow City Council with forced Uyghur labour. 3. That, within a year, this Council should have sufficient measures in place to ensure their responsible procurement strategy tackles the problem of forced-labour-made panels. Council therefore resolves to: 1. Instruct Officers to present a report to the appropriate Committee, outlining how the council's Sustainable Procurement Strategy can be adapted to reflect a responsible Uyghur forced labour policy, on the basis of UNISON's template. 2. To engage with partners, including the Stop Uyghur Genocide campaign, to develop a plan of improvement including: (1) Start dialogue with existing suppliers to review their entire supply chains from quartz to panels, then discuss and agree an action plan. (2) Raise the issue to test suppliers' attitudes to finding alternative producers during pre-market engagement, when advertising for tendering and during tender interviews. (3) Review existing practice at contract stage, to insert forced labour specific contract clauses, including clauses for exiting for non-compliance. (4) Consistently manage the contract by following up the action plan progress and if necessary, invoking the contract clauses. 3. Raise the issue of solar procurement amongst local Parliamentarians.".

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